#100Women at Parliament Square 12 Sept 2018

We ask what point a vote... in a broken democracy? The women of Lancashire have called this because as a community and county, (through our local Council) voted NO to fracking here - but Parliament overruled this and the fracking site nears completion. We have demonstrated daily at the site for 20 months now... and it is soul-destroying to watch as the government plays Russian Roulette with our children's health and futures. We have been restrained from effective protest by the use of injunctions, and now feel we need to take our plight to the heart of the problem - government and its facilitation of a dangerous industry into our communities. The fracking firm Cuadrilla are hoping to develop the 'largest gasfield in Western Europe' here just outside Blackpool. In this 100th year since other mothers and grandmothers stood for better. fairer futures... we stand strong for our young and will not relinquish this responsibility. We'll be bringing a woolen length of 800 metres (made by women from across the world) that is symbolic representation of the horizontal pipe that is due to be fracked beneath us... do please join us and feel free to contribute woolen lengths, ... Please do click this event on Facebook if you are going - whether with us by coach or on another coach or under your own steam - want to see numbers attending and will set up coach list later - others from groups in London and South will meet us there - be a good one

Report 'buried' by government shows fracking raises air pollution

Superb Track

Life vs Wall St.

I recognise the look in the eyes

On every raging face

In every war-torn place

On every side

Of all debates…

The anguish, the frustration, the realisation

Of the futility of voice

In un-democracy, in un-natural, in beyond-believable ..systems of state

We have no bullets screaming down the A583

But don’t doubt they would be… if they could be just like some have come to be

Places where each citizen is of no worth

Where raising concern,

Gets you jailed or worse.

Here we’re witnessing the dismantling,

The unveiling, exposing, revealing 

Of the truth of what pulls the levers of government

The ugly beating heart of a chameleon gone wrong

Merged and mingled pretending to be friend

Deeper though than skin deep was the true intent

We're just the consumers, receptors, breeders and actors

In a game based round investors, industry, gambling and greed

Not one where a child’s needs… could ever compete

With Wall Street.

Dr.Julia Steinbergers Speech @ PNR Green Mondays

The Best of us x

Make Time for Outrage...

We could all just stay home this week... and it would feel like nothing happened and nothing much mattered or would look any different.

We could all just turn to look at what we've got about us, what we value in our lives and for this one week, ensure all is well and safely tucked in.

We could turn off the news, IGNORE the children in cages... IGNORE the children travelling on troubled waters in desperate mothers' arms seeking a safe port away from war, famine, drought... IGNORE that extra runway at the airport that will lead to an increase in asthma in London's children and contribute to the further degradation of the quality of the environment in which we all live... IGNORE the abuses of power happening within our system of government where Ministers do 'favours' to assist polluting industries and grease the wheels so they can overrun communities, overturn democracy and overhype their lies about proclaimed benefits whilst blocking all the proven negatives...

We could ...but what will have happened outside our individual little bubbles of life? What will have occurred elsewhere that will eventually have impact on our children, our community, our lives? Even if you don't empathise with the genuine plight of so many or... are so overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of suffering in the world that you can't find the ONE THING to focus on, please try this week to do something to at least register your dismay and make time for outrage.

For those of us who are fighting the clear and present danger of fracking (extreme energy extraction) that WILL HARM OUR CHILDREN right here, (almost) right now - we'll be facing our responsibilities, not turning away and not giving up because it's all so bloody hard and saddening. We're going to gather ourselves together and stand strong because if we don't, we will fail in our obligation to every generation to come.

Protecting our young is no longer about just tucking them in safely and ensuring they are fed and warm... it is about protecting the air they breathe, the water they need, the soil they'll rely on and maybe most importantly, their ability to have a say, exercise a right to object, raise a concern and be heard and have an impact within a democracy that actually is one.

Please don't sit this one our. See you on a frontline (or online supporting one)? <3 span="">

*LINK HERE and HERE to what I wish you could come to x